1. |
Ceasefire
02:27
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I’m not so good at shit talk I speak the truth
Live my life by guidelines not by rules
They’re self-imposed find yourself I don’t shit on anyone
So why should you?
Ceasefire ceasefire
Regain control
Ceasefire ceasefire
Pick me up when I fall
Step back for a second
Be responsible for your actions
Take care of those around you
They’re the ones that make you
Maintained integrity is like finding a stone that bleeds
And enforcing empathy is like breaking human nature
One path to keep you pride selfless acts with no end in sight
Welcome to the losing side, there’s no progress without sacrifice
Ceasefire ceasefire
Regain control
Ceasefire ceasefire
Pick me up when I fall
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Muzzle
01:10
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Muzzle the beast with a mesh of wire
Slogan mute with the steel rain
Five decades to be maintained
Subdued in a prison of fire
Swap the free trade for a hand grenade
Burn down the buildings to keep us warm
Plunged into the darkness
Nowhere is safe to call our home
One nation under one flag
Years of oppression and its time that we fought back
A free army for a common land
Its time to take it for ourselves
Stop the power
At the source of rebellion
No rallies
Without any freedom
Keep the power
With chemical showers
And steal dignity from you civilians
Check points at 6:00 in the morning
And shelling just after lunch
Ground shakes through the evening
And now I dance with the gods
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3. |
Conditions
02:34
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I can’t help feeling this is blood I’m tasting
But this feels like it’s slightly mutated
Hints of iron aftertaste from the shackles
I try to eat this shit but I cant swallow
A thick tread constricts the lump in my throat
My wrists bleed but they wont let go
So dark for days the sunlight hurts my eyes
So I’ll hunger strike until my demise
Give me the condition that I should
So full I cant raise a finger to point at anyone
So grotesque and disfigured I look for a cheap fix
Strap me to the gurney if I should try and resist
So dark for days the sunlight hurts my eyes
So I’ll hunger strike until my demise
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4. |
Draw The Line
01:36
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Draw the line at ideals
Draw the line at devotion
Keep in line with welfare
And keep free in your privacy
And outline and existence on a path well worn
With constricting vines that stifle free minds
That dare to find orientation, shape belief through experience
And always question the ethic
Lessons in cruelty can be better learnt through history
Allow your discovery to shape your morality
It may not be said that there is no god
It may be said that there is no reason to think that there is one
Go forth and prosper, harness you intellect
Onward the soldiers and spread the sacred text
Thou shalt believe in fact
Thou shalt question the scripture
Thou shalt question everything
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Security
01:32
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Conceal your intent behind a mask of truth
Represent a side from only one view
Dominance maintained through education
Human commodity in a drive for profit
How can you draw truth from unchallenged theory?
While evident in the peasantry
An inverse relationship between profit and wage
Spreadsheets for a post-industrial age
We rush to the chains to secure our freedom
Independence is lost in distance
We rush through the maze, through every hoop
Easy way out and I’m lost in convenience
One stop, one style, one craze
Dress it up for a post industrial age
Give me all your points, cards for in-store credit
A life sentence paid for on debit
Sell me my style Sell me my size
Sell me my dignity sell me my life
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6. |
Textbook Slaughter
02:13
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Consult the textbooks while you sleep silently at night
Wrapped in cotton to shield you eyes from the strip lights
They’ve left you shaved and naked you skin burns under bight lights
You screw your eyes and they make the incision the first time
You’ve still got minutes left
You can’t muster a breath in protest
Swell your lips as their thought constricts and pass the sentence for chemical contract
In a rush to find the answers you never question the method
Wash your hands clean with the products that stained them
An industry safe in legislation halting the progress
While you deliver the same argument
I’m wide eyed with astonishment
And the world looks on
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7. |
Instinct (Bonus Track)
02:18
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It’s hard to take it, one foot in front of the other
Seems such a big step, I’m shaking in cold sweats and I’m dead standing
I’m not convinced that I’ve crawled down the right steps
I feel the dust in my teeth and as I grind my gums I start to believe
Kill every instinct there’s always another reason
To keep you eyes on a better out come so keep your hands where I can see them
You can’t falter at the edge you better trust the equation
If you can’t find the answer then change the situation
You can’t take back what you say or undo the past
You can’t backtrack your convictions or stop your heart
But you can idolise what you truly despise
If you forget about your true intention
Hold back your reservation
Hold your indignation
So keep your hands where I can see them
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Menshevik Norwich, UK
Menshevik were an Old school UK hardcore with a left wing political edge featuring members of Vanilla Pod, Capdown and
Whizzwood.
The band formed in the summer of 2012. They took their influences from bands like Gorilla Biscuits, Poison Idea and UK’s Imbalance.
We recorded 1 ep that was released on Dry Heave Records.
In September 2014 Menshevik split up just before recording more material
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